Learning about the zodiac signs and believing in their benefit and harm
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Does learning about the zodiac signs and believing that they benefit or harm count as worshipping the stars?
Answer:
Without a doubt, whoever attaches himself to the zodiac signs and believes that they benefit and harm, this is from worshipping the stars. Yes. As for learning about the zodiac signs for calculation, to know the calculation only, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes. Learning the positions of the sun and the positions of the moon, there is nothing wrong with that. This is from the science of calculation. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Does learning about the zodiac signs and believing that they benefit or harm count as worshipping the stars?
Answer:
Without a doubt, whoever attaches himself to the zodiac signs and believes that they benefit and harm, this is from worshipping the stars. Yes. As for learning about the zodiac signs for calculation, to know the calculation only, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes. Learning the positions of the sun and the positions of the moon, there is nothing wrong with that. This is from the science of calculation. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في الفرق بين زيارة الموحدين للقبور وزيارة المشركين — islamhouse.com (1:10:42)
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